Project Overview & Branding 25th June 2014 1 Overview • Background • Delivery • Branding • Website • Key Dates • SHBOA • Red Funnel 2 Background Funding secured following a successful bid to the DfT’s Local Sustainable Transport Fund. Three overarching strands: • Procure a centralised back office system; • Rollout the necessary equipment; & • Rebrand and turn the existing Solent Travelcard ‘smart’. 3 Delivery Key Activities Status Back Office System Procurement & Implementation (HCC, SCC & PCC) Complete Marketing / Branding Agency Procurement Complete Website Procurement Complete Rollout Bus Operator Equipment Complete Commercials - Bus Complete Commercials - Ferry Complete Events Company Procurement Current Rollout Ferry Equipment (Inland & IoW) Current Launch Event & Road Shows Current Stakeholder Engagement & Promotion Current 4 Branding Comprehensive exercise, involving focus groups and public consultation. Solent Go is: • Dynamic; • Connected; & • Flexible. 5 Branding 6 Website – www.solentgo.co.uk 7 Website – Homepage 8 Website – Fares Page 9 Key Dates Date Event 27th June Solent Go Agreement Signing Event 24th July Breakfast Briefing – Partners / Stakeholders 4th August Launch – Southampton Bargate August - October Road Show Events (x12 across the region) 26th October City Bus Tickets Go Live *Red Funnel due to go live in early 2015. 10 Project Partners: SHBOA First Hovertravel Solent Transport Go South Coast Red Funnel Portsmouth City Council Stagecoach Gosport Ferry Hampshire County Council Unilink Hythe Ferry Southampton City Council Bluestar Euclid Brijan Unicard Emsworth & District RSL Xelabus Ticketer Velvet Parkeon Wheelers Ecebs 11 SHBOA - Progress With Delivery Phil Stockley Managing Director, Velvet Andrew Wickham Managing Director, Go South Coast Solent Go • Full participation in Solent Go project • Technical expertise • New smart enabled electronic ticket machines fitted to entire fleet Other Projects • Next stop audio fitted to 142 buses, 347 to follow • Total of 157 buses refurbished • Wifi fitted to 576 buses • LED lighting fitted to 576 vehicles Commerical Investment • 159 new buses (£25m) in year ending July 2014, further 9 for autumn 2014 • What needs to happen next? Jonathan Green Marketing Director LSTF 1 – TVM’s • 7 Astreo TVM’s • Live by Jan2015 • Solent Go top-up (ITSO Part 11) • Red Funnel non-ITSO tickets • Rail tickets • ToD fulfilment LSTF 1 POS Terminals • 4 x Wayfarer terminals (one per ticket office) • Live by Jan 2015 • Solent Go top-up (ITSO Part 11) Validation • 12 x P50 hand-held terminals • Live by Jan 2015 • Validate Solent Go products • Issue non-ITSO tickets LSTF 2 • Ticketless travel • Android, iOS, Windows Phone 8 • Visual (V3), QR or NF tickets • Merchant Back Office • RTI for ferry/bus/rail/air For Further Information: Thomas King Solent Transport, Smart Ticketing Development Officer 07825119311 [email protected] 20 .